ROTOURA V. TE AROHA.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 237, 14 January 1888, Page 2

ROTOURA Y. TE AROHA.

(To Tub Editor.) Sir,— ln a letter in your journal of tlio 2-ith ultimo, troin Te Aioha Elector, I am « ecu ßed of assisting ltotoiua at the expense of Te Arolia. ii i» unnecessary lor m« to rrior to ihe TariouB char made against me ; they aro such as a maL candidate, or his {lionds, would uiulie during an' election contest. He states that mv interests is centred at Kotorua. I may perha}ts"mloim iispi that mv interests a>e fcaiLviiei, and that I am as much centred ac Tauranga, Alaketu, ami O,jotiki, as I am at liotorua, anc( that I do not intend to support Kotorua at the expense of To Aroha, or any other portion of tue electorate. If ydu, JSir, would kmJiy publish the Katiraatea of la t 3 ear, when Mr J. B. Wuyte rttpresontefcl your liscncc, you will make it plain, I thinJt, to i'< Aixua Elector t,nat Botorua is ncjt tissis ed tins year at the expense oi Te Aroha. Tae sums voted on present t'St;inttk'6 ar.j airo» d) cpent, and the £3(M)u alluied to is to ireei eiigag''uif>n» already incurred. Thor. lia- been come #20,U00 spent he»e already on buildings and other imp ovemerts, andiiiiUOO j', tlie.wntor Mtppl^ to lit, up Wie fcJan vtorium to iciiovo auffunng immainty Arom all p a-ta of the world. Tins < Btabhshmeni beiungo to tho U-oveimtient, whu riceivea »ii revenues and pay.s all exp nse«. It wuH fcaku so ne tiiou^an Ja yet, to muiie it whit ihi Uoveromenr. undertook to n.aive it. wnen tln-y got thi* po-nion iroul thQ natives, and 1 »onbnd-that, a* ißj>i*eBen«ativi» oi the district, i would not be uoiug lay duty il i d,d n »t msi^t ujjon the Go\ennu«nt cart-ying out in its integrity tde ariangcuitjats entwe^ »"io with the natives-, to t i^t i cannot aeo why* To Aroha Elector huouU onject to ilia Government lOmjiletm^ a jusi contract en.eted mto in 1881. jNo mutter who represented the district., tliiß wou'd iuive to bociouo.- It ihdiq i> any pledge that'he Qo\ernm, at lias not fulfilled, relative to le Aroii-, I will bo huppv to t.Jio ihe matter upland rndeavour t-g t ju.-tii e dona, lt'is also iu^ duly to sen that lioioruagi x t 3 wiia 1 the Government aiv (Oimniitod to by written agreeiiK nc to perform. I took some trouyle in Welingion to get aasiiianue lor le A.olia fcipriEigs, uud 1 hope to Bucceeu }ci ii> gebnn^ aoiue mug out oi the &LUUU voted on b<Jpp,ementaiy i^stiuaates ior lhi-rtifal Springs, jiut i was told' thuc tite Ooveiniut-nt hau handed t';e whoie Uomaid, JJoiihs, Ac, &c , over to a JLkmrd, with revinuei and co» accruing there* lrom to enajle ilio Board to keep up repair^ and improve the grounds ; bo you will heo that thera i» a great uitfi'ieuce between Kotovua and i'c Aroha. T..e lormor belongs t} iix<t Uofei'Uuteut, who receive all revenues »nd ifees and ju; mli liabilities, whilst tho Utter belongs to tiiu peout« ol Ji'u Aroha, who #et vii revonuco ana lees io expena us they like. (To ArOiiu JtleuLOr alluded to o her mavu-rti, such u» the Tempß.an. c Alliun'c^ the position mey took up at the lust eleotion, kc. 1 tiunk ta^ less said upon thi* topic the better, *a «ome of niy warujibt orture aie members ol tfiut Hocietj. Hi ftuo alludee to thofreu audundc^eAaont electors U& follows:—" 11 they kry no'o tapHbit! of forming there own judgement valmly^ rid' deliberate!,) , af<er oureiull^ enquiring into the. various qualiUcauona ' oi ikho different ca^iida'tei, and then «dhevin^ to tueir opinions in Rpito of what other* say, they'ar^quite'unfifctoiiavea vote." It appears toano that that the iutelligent portion oi the EljfCibiate- are -iure. to adhere to tneir opinions, and that ts ihe clasß that gay« u>o ti}6it ftupjpovt; whilst my opponent deptthfled Aulf?ljr"Ubqn4ne ; 'ie(speotabla aiasa who, I hauwfc

are at tirpe* la^ let i» 03t0^° Hn^ ai^ v kd r way from (ixe'Lot info<fr«. .1 will now leave Te ■jLrohp, KjedlOK^^Kant^pviau boulder, te who than I do. I only hi/po ho'V?I»l i» fut.uro fiireabh more sen»e to ; 'hose *,t tia'd iiitrf tuan whafc'. he bin done in "the si'i'""— '"? ' >' I", ' -" ■ v WM.»yjBLLT, •Rotorna,- Jan. oth, 1888, * ' ,